The Importance of Planning: Mitigate the Risk of
Director and Officer Liability
in Bankruptcy
By Eric C. Peterson - Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff (Los Angeles, CA)

For numerous reasons, bankruptcy can promise significant relief, and even new opportunities, for companies beset by financial hardship. With news of tightening . . . more

Saving GST Tax
By: Terence Nunan - Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff (Los Angeles, CA)

Not all wills and trusts are alike. Buried in the back of many wills and trusts is a paragraph or two which seeks to deal with the possible imposition . . . more

Adoptions and Estate Planning: Something to Think About
By Terence Nunan - Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff (Los Angeles, CA)

Adoption is a subject that receives insufficient attention in estate planning. When a person, whether a child or adult, is adopted, the adoptee may automatically . . . more

The Perils of California Employment Law
By: Frank E. Melton, Olivia Goodkin and Wendy Lane
Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff - (Los Angeles, CA)

It is difficult to keep track of the various laws affecting employers in all 50 states, but California employers that do not focus on the substantial differences . . . more

BUYER’S CLAIMS AGAINST SELLING AGENTS DISMISSED
WHERE OFFERING PLAN DESCRIBED UNITS ACCURATELY
A GANFER & SHORE, LLP
CLIENT ADVISORY
APRIL 2008

A dispute about rights to exclusive use of a roof setback let the purchasers of two condominium units to sue numerous defendants including the selling . . . more

BOARD’S ALLEGED FAILURE TO REPAIR TERRACE WAS
“CONTINUING WRONG” UNDER STATUE OF LIMITATIONS
A GANFER & SHORE, LLP
CLIENT ADVISORY
APRIL 2008

Where a Condominium’s By-Laws require the Board of Managers to repair limited common elements of the building, and the Board fails to do so over a period . . . more

COURT AUTHORIZES EVICTION OF TENANT FOR
“COLLYER-TYPE” CONDITIONS IN APARTMENT
A GANFER & SHORE, LLP
CLIENT ADVISORY
APRIL 2008

A New York court has authorized the eviction of a rent-stabilized tenant in a cooperative building based in his exceptionally poor sanitary habits, which . . . more

ATTORNEYS’ FEE PROVISION IN PROPRIETARY LEASE NOT APPLICABLE TO SUBLEASE ABSENT SUBLESSEE’S AGREEMENT
A Ganfer & Shore, LLP Client Advisory
March 2008

Most residential leases, including proprietary leases used by cooperatives, provide for the Cooperative to recover legal fees in the event it prevails . . . more

COOPERATIVE BARRED FROM ENFORCING $3,500 JUDGMENT BY EXECUTING ON SHAREHOLDER-TENANT’S APARTMENT
A Ganfer & Shore, LLP Client Advisory
March 2008

A court, addressing “a novel issue,” has prohibited a Cooperative from enforcing a money judgment for attorneys’ fees against a shareholder-tenant by executing . . . more

CONDOMINIUM UNIT OWNERS COULD SUE ENGINEER WHERE REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE FOR BENEFIT OF FUTURE OWNERS
A Ganfer & Shore, LLP Client Advisory
March 2008

Alleged construction defects in condominium or cooperative buildings often lead to litigation against the architects or engineers who certified the drawings . . . more